Ashigakubo Station

Ashigakubo Station
芦ヶ久保駅

Ashigakubo station building, August 2009
Location

Yokoze, Saitama

(埼玉県秩父郡横瀬町芦ヶ久保1925)
Japan
Operated by Seibu Railway
Line(s) Seibu Chichibu Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Other information
Station code SI34
History
Opened 1969
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 329 daily

Ashigakubo Station (芦ヶ久保駅 Ashigakubo-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Chichibu Line in Yokoze, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Ashigakubo Station is served by the Seibu Chichibu Line to Seibu-Chichibuand is 12.4 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Agano.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an underground passage.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Seibu Chichibu Line
Chichibu limited express: no stop
Shōmaru   Rapid express   Yokoze
Shōmaru   Local   Yokoze

History

The station opened on 14 October 1969.[1]

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Ashigakubo Station becoming "SI34".[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was the third least used on the Seibu network with an average of 329 passengers daily.[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2009 374[4]
2010 326[4]
2011 341[5]
2012 317[3]
2013 329[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 2021. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (pdf). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 駅別乗降人員 2013(平成25)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2013)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 駅別乗降人員 2010(平成22)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  5. 駅別乗降人員 2011(平成23)年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2011)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 35°58′36″N 139°08′10″E / 35.9767°N 139.1362°E / 35.9767; 139.1362

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